Anchor support and rope guide



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ANCHOR SUPPORT AND ROPE GUIDE Filed Oct. 22. 1947 WILLIAM D. -AMUNDSON Patented May 29, 1951 UNITED 2,554,804 l I I. ANCHOR SUPPORT ANDBQPE-GUIDE- STATES William D. Amundson, Northfield, Minn.

Application October 22, 1947, Serial No. 781,441

This invention relates to an anchor support and rope guide for boats and is particularly adaptable for use on the bow of a relatively small boat.

It is an object of the invention to provide a device which serves as a guide for an anchor rope and which includes structure constituting an anchor receiver when the anchor is pulled up, wherein the anchor receiver is shiftable relative to the remainder of the structure to take up slack in the anchor rope and maintain the raised anchor in a relatively stationary condition.

The above and other objects and advantages of the invention will more fully appear from the following description made in connection with the accompanying drawing wherein like reference characters refer tothe same parts throughout the views, and, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the device shown mounted on the bow portion of a boat;

Figure 2 is an enlarged longitudinal vertical sectional view showing the anchor receiver in alternate positions, full and dotted lines; and

Figure 3 is a fragmentary sectional view taken approximately on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

In the drawing there is shown a bracket 4 provided with anchoring screw holes 5 which permit it to be mounted upon the bow of a, boat as indicated in Figure 1. Extending forwardly and upwardly from the forward portion of the bracket 4 is a housing 6 whose rear end is provided with an anchor rope eyelet 1. The forward portion of the housing 6 curves downwardly as shown in Figure 2 and is downwardly open as shown. The interior of the housing 6 is open and between its side walls is a bushing 8 which rotatably supports a grooved pulley 9.

The lower left-hand portion of the housing 6 as viewed in Figures 1 and 2 is provided with a bushing sleeve upon which is mounted a belllike casting II which constitutes an anchor receiver, the casting II being swingable about the bushing Ill. The upper portion of said casting H lies about the downwardly curved portion of the housing 6 and is hollow with an open bottom so that rope fed through the opening I and the remainder of the housing 6 will pass downwardly through the casting l I.

The forward portion of the housing 6 is provided with a projecting lug l2 which is loosely 3 Claims. '(Cl. 114-210) 2 received in a generally vertical slot l3 in the upper forward portion of the casting ll. Movement of the casting ll about its pivot I0 is limited by the length of the slot I3 and engagement of the lug l2 with either end of the slot.

In Figure 2 there is shown an anchor rope I! which is secured to the top of the shank l of a mushroom anchor indicated generally at I6.

the opening 1 in the rear of the housing 6.

When the anchor is fully raised its upwardly shank l5 will enter the open ended hollow casing II. Tension on the rope M will cause the housing H to swing forwardly and upwardly to approximately the full line position of Figure 2. The rope is then tied or secured by any suitable type of fastening means. Very frequently when the rope is secured it will slack ofi slightly, thereby permitting the anchor to drop to a small degree. Ordinarily this will permit the anchor to swing freely and damage the bow portion of the boat. With my device, however, if the anchor rope slacks off and the anchor moves downwardly a little, the casting II will swing downwardly about its pivot sleeve Ill and remain in relatively closely fitting relationship to the anchor shank IS. The casting I l will therefore hold the shank so that it will not swing laterally or rearwardly and it cannot come into contact with the bow of the boat.

In addition to the fact that the anchor is held stationary so that it will not strike against the boat, it should be noted that holding the anchor stationary assists in rowing the boat. If a fairly heavy anchor is permitted to swing laterally freely on the bow of a boat it substantially interferes with smooth rowing and maintenance of proper direction.

It will of course be understood that various changes may be made in the form, details, arrangement and proportions of the various parts without departing from the scope of my invention.

What I claim is:

1. An anchor support comprising a relatively stationary bracket, an anchor receiver swingably mounted on said bracket on a horizontal transverse axis, and rope guiding means carried by said bracket.

3 2. An anchor support and rope guide comprising a relatively stationary bracket, an anchor receiver swingably mounted on said bracket for swinging movement on a horizontal transverse anchor receiving socket formed in the lower por;

tion thereof.

WILLIAM D. AMUNDSON.

4 REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in thefile of this patent:

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